8 Months Old Today!

Olivia is 8 Months old today and looking more and more like a little girl. Although not crawling, you can tell she is thinking about it- watching her balls roll away and wondering how to get them back- I think if we had full carpets, she would be a bit closer, but its nice for the moment that she doesn't move around too much yet! She does however have one very obvious cute tooth on the bottom and two others quickly joining- the one next to it and one up top. They have created some fussy days but overall she is a great! She sleeps through the night (7ish to 7ish) and takes 3 short naps a day. She eats two "meals" a day (besides her milk); one in the morning and one in the evening. She has had apples, strawberries, blueberries, banana, pumpkin, peach, peas, green beans, squash, carrots and others...Don't know if she has any strong dislikes or likes yet, but she does seem to enjoy eating most of the time! And here are some pictures from today:




She found herself in her mirror today and had quite a merry time with the baby in the sunshine

She always likes it when Daddy puts her on his head:

This was this morning before we got dressed- you can almost see her tooth on the bottom right. She is grabbing for the red "tassels" on my hoodie- she LOVES them!

Fall Retreat

This weekend we had a great time at the fall retreat (minus Olivia not sleeping very well AT ALL!) Here is the group photo of everyone who came (minus Olivia and I who were catching up on sleep at this point:)

B-Stud Cross Evaluation Video

Our NavNight messages this semester cover aspects of what Christ's death on the cross means to us. This is a creative video made by students in my bible study to recruit to B-stud (our abbreviation for Bible Study) in which we are studying I John. They are amazingly creative and fun and beautiful and I feel privileged to hang out with them- they make me feel cool-er:)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLOM2m07tQE
This is another video two of the girls made as well last spring:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsZOOXBYuMo&NR=1And here is our B-stud last spring- I hope to get a new-er shot this weekend at our fall retreat:

7 Month photos...

Laughing Game

In my office I have up on the wall a collage of photos from before I was married...I think I made it the fall after I graduated college. And in the middle of it is a photo of my sister and I playing the laughing game with the Harris' sisters. Have you ever played that game? Everyone lays on the floor, their head on each other's belly, making a square. If I had a scanner and the photo wasn't in a frame, I would upload it- especially cause we all look so young!!!

Anyways, Olivia is very vocal :) And this afternoon she was laughing- "ha" and I would go "ha" back. And she would make another laughing sound and I would repeat it and we go on for awhile like this... its very fun and always reminds me of the other game. I love that we laugh together. She almost always brings a smile to my face!

Hanging out with the Ottos at Otto's. Nice.

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Caroline and Olivia watching the Penn State Homecoming Game at the Stavenesses

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